It was difficult when I was very young because I was so separated from my family. When I was at school or acting in a play, I felt very much part of something, and then it would always change, and I would be by myself. – Kim Cattrall
I like to step outside of what people’s idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances. – Kim Cattrall
Being a gossip reporter just isn’t a respectable job. It’ll chew you up and spit you out. – Kim Cattrall
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. – Kim Cattrall
You have to be desirable. And that’s why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, ‘Why do women do this?’ Where do you go in your 50s in your career? – Kim Cattrall
I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces and aren’t afraid of playing their age. – Kim Cattrall
I haven’t played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable. – Kim Cattrall
I did a school play when I was 10 where I played a cold germ infecting a whole classroom of kids. The play was called ‘Piffle It’s Only a Sniffle.’ I’d never had so much fun. It was a thrill. – Kim Cattrall
Shows like ‘Sex and the City’ got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women. – Kim Cattrall
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular. – Kim Cattrall
Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look – you have to work out, you have to look – you rarely get to play someone who’s just human, who’s real, who is overweight, even not grossly overweight, but who has aspects of just everyday life. – Kim Cattrall
I don’t read reviews because if they’re bad I’m devastated and if they’re good I get a big head. – Kim Cattrall
I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I’ve been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true. – Kim Cattrall
I feel sometimes and in some ways like Linda Romanoli and Monica Velour; I feel marginalized because I’m in my fifties. If you went online and you look at some of the blogs, which one can do on a lonely night, it’s pretty startling what people will say about you just because you’re in your fifties. – Kim Cattrall
I was a bit odd as a kid, because there were so little outlets for me. There was no theatre except for the odd community theatre and school shows. The only movie theatre was at the Canadian Forces Base nearby in Comox, so it either showed kiddie flicks for the families and restricted stuff for the men. – Kim Cattrall
I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. – Kim Cattrall
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I’ve no desire to look as though I’m in my 20s. – Kim Cattrall
When you’re filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what’s going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You’re away, you miss things. It’s taxing. Relationships fail because of it. – Kim Cattrall
What would be really difficult is to be sitting on a beach. There’s vacations, and there’s vegetations. I don’t do well vegetating. – Kim Cattrall
I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please – and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us. – Kim Cattrall
When I feel lost and can’t make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out. – Kim Cattrall
I’ve been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It’s exciting to play a femme fatale. – Kim Cattrall
